Dravid was the only batsman who could challenge the bowlers, unleashing a flurry of boundaries towards the end of his knock. In the seventeenth over, he hit VRV Singh for three fours and then, in the bowler’s next over, he hit a six over extra-cover. Just when it looked like he might stretch the total closer to the 150-run mark, he fell, trying a repeat of the shot that had carried over the ropes. This time, it only reached Mahela Jayawardene at third man.

Unwanted record

Bangalore didn’t need to look very far to realise what had gone wrong in their innings — the five ducks on the scoreboard meant they had bagged an unwanted IPL record.

The chase was always going to be a cakewalk. Zaheer Khan did raise their hopes briefly when he sent back James Hopes in the second over of the innings, but Shaun Marsh (39) and Ramnaresh Sarwan (31) scored swiftly to put on 54 runs for the second wicket and thwart the hosts’s hopes. Jayawardene and Irfan Pathan remained unbeaten on 17 runs each to see the Mohali side through.